As a closing note, I think it is significant that IKEA is a pioneer in sustainability.

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Icahn gave a sort of key note, closing speech at the Ira Sohn conference this year, held at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

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Note that closing loopholes may well raise the average corporate rate, on which Democrats and liberals have focused, but it is the marginal tax rate that drives the economy, as discussed above.

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Soros also cut stakes in miners such as Nova Gold and Kinross Gold while opening a small position in Freeport McMoran, which has exposure to both copper and gold. (Note: All valuations used here represent May 17 closing prices unless noted).

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Bachelet, who was Chile's first woman president, ended a speech at the closing session of a two-week meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women on a personal note.

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